Rick Owens Menswear S/S 2025 Paris

[THD96]

He really thought he did something with 10 looks repeatedly 20 times on 200 models. Does he?

It's giving “I'm gonna pull an all-nighter the night before the deadline because procrastination got the best of me”.

 

[Lola701]

I felt hypnotized after watching. It would make an amazing segment for one of those historic Hollywood productions but for a fashion show its too monotonous. I can imagine being in the crowd.

I think that watching it on a screen is more impactful than experiencing it on live because it’s not on a closed space.
Between the traffic behind, the phones, the so/so weather in Paris…

Very grand and peplum-ish but we have so many stunts every seasons that it’s kinda hard to look beyond that fact to analyze or critic a show like this.

So maybe link it with an Hollywood peplum is more fitting.

 

[RaisinBoy]

What a joke

 

[Nader]

this really didn't need to exist

 

[jeanclaude]

He is to busy f*cking Tyrone to care about actually designing an interesting collection...the way he used to before meeting that guy (Tyrone is a bad influence for Rick).

 

[jeremydante]

I did not like this collection. I really respect Rick's aesthetic, but it's tired to me now. It has plateaued to put it kindly. People who are wearing Rick nowadays are all wanna-be's, so it's been pretty commercialized to me. Doesn't feel as special anymore.

 

[jeremydante]

He is to busy f*cking Tyrone to care about actually designing an interesting collection...the way he used to before meeting that guy (Tyrone is a bad influence for Rick).

I agree with this, he's commercialized the brand and Tyrone acts like he's a mascot when, truly, he's a distraction.

 

[Beun]

You can either see this as incredibly pompous and cringe or if you tune on his vibe, as pretty striking. It feels more costume than fashion, it's true, but some of the separates - especially a couple of jackets - weren't that bad. Seeing the same clothes on models with different body types was also an interesting exercise. At least he's telling a story, something that I can appreciate even if I wouldn't ever consider buying his stuff. It's something when compared to a lot of bland shows that displayed pretty basic if not downright ugly garments with no vision whatsoever.

 

[MulletProof]

Mesopotamia, Rome, Egypt, the fall of England, the French revolution a feverish high pitch before it All falls down this is brilliant show not much clothes to look at but then again I'm not a big fan of his clothing but it's very interesting but what a fantastic show very dark without dark colors society building society's falling this is a brilliant show good job. We are living in an extreme world of The haves and have nots how long will the have nots, not have? In any which way people will always worship other people even with their gods the Christianity, Islam, Judaism people will always worship the rich and the powerful. A great show like this in this binocular should always make you think. As pure fun and powerful as well. I hope to see more people in this thread dissect it what a great show

relax buddy..

funny this is associated with gen z... cause it's quintessentially boomer s*it.

 

[runner]

maybe pics like these work better here.




coeval-magazine

 

[runner]

nytimes
dafne




the atelier team consisted of three from day one there. rick as designer and patternmaker. the assistant designer dafne. and the sample maker richard. he was going stay there as he wanted to keep separated from NY and paris.
"fantasy is unnecessary to menswear. I'd like to avoid these two images: feminine man and dandy man. I don't like them. I think menswear should be simple, masculine, and functional. just like military surplus." his statement from 2002 early summer tokyo

he doesn't have to be consistent of course. to live is to be dissimilated gradually. otherwise encounter would be meaningless.
but seems like time to leave paris now. hanging about with industry customs could exhaust you. invent your own business model. like alaia. like ccp.
to make up much ado about vanity to generate big money. or to devote yourself to creation.

 

[donyan]

there is probably something to critique about whatever 'political' statement is being made here considering he once punched one of his muses/models in the face for making a very direct and unambiguous statement. 🤷‍♂️

is this true ?

 

[MulletProof]

^ of course it’s true! link.

 

[NakedAndAfraid]

I wonder how Jera is doing now.

I'm kinda warming up to Tyrone's reign of terror as he becomes less human looking with surgery and other procedures. It's very sci-fi and current times. Very brand appropriate.

 

[susseinmcswanny]

Saw this on hbo max homepage and recognized immediately. I guess a character from suicide squad called "peacemaker" lol

 

[alwaysademo]

nytimes
dafne
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the atelier team consisted of three from day one there. rick as designer and patternmaker. the assistant designer dafne. and the sample maker richard. he was going stay there as he wanted to keep separated from NY and paris.
"fantasy is unnecessary to menswear. I'd like to avoid these two images: feminine man and dandy man. I don't like them. I think menswear should be simple, masculine, and functional. just like military surplus." his statement from 2002 early summer tokyo

he doesn't have to be consistent of course. to live is to be dissimilated gradually. otherwise encounter would be meaningless.
but seems like time to leave paris now. hanging about with industry customs could exhaust you. invent your own business model. like alaia. like ccp.
to make up much ado about vanity to generate big money. or to devote yourself to creation.

Thanks for this, i didn't know his team. It speaks well of him that his whole team stays on course.
If you don't mind, can you elaborate on the bold part? I always feel he wants to be a megabrand but in his own way. But I don't know much about RO.

 

[runner]

Thanks for this, i didn't know his team. It speaks well of him that his whole team stays on course.
If you don't mind, can you elaborate on the bold part? I always feel he wants to be a megabrand but in his own way. But I don't know much about RO.

margaret howell, for example, doesn't have to make things like concept cars. if veronique nichanian shows something very aggressive, she may be scolded by customers. but rick has to commit aggression against those customers and show what they don't want. he must not be innocuous. and he has to be artistically priestly as his big fan tends to be like laity rather than customer. this should be exhausting if he is sober really.

"one should use common words to say uncommon things. But they do just the opposite. We find them trying to wrap up trivial ideas in grand words, and to dress their very ordinary thoughts in the most extraordinary expressions and the most outlandish, artificial, and rarest phrases. Their sentences perpetually stalk about on stilts. "
- schopenhauer

another problem is whether one can have something astonishing to say four times a year. and every year.
the fact is here he presented 10 looks. I think the show doesn't have 40 looks if it it rich in creativity.
but those 10 looks themselves could be scarce in terms of what there are to be seen.
isn't all of this big show story trying to make the fact add up, covering the scarcity ?
there can be when he has nothing particularly to express or no energy to express. so he should have made the system where he then can stop RO appearance in paris, like serialized manga's. what I see from him this time (and past few seasons) is the obligation to express.

 

[Toni Ahlgren]

He does shows like this so he can sell stuff like this for 2000€ :

rickowens.com

 

[LadyJunon]

He does shows like this so he can sell stuff like this for 2000€ :
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In truth, it's probably the other way around. He does 4 shows a year, featuring mostly non-commercial designs often held in Palais de Tokyo. That's a hefty expense for most independent labels, even relatively larger ones like Rick Owens.

 

[tourbillions]

He does shows like this so he can sell stuff like this for 2000€ :
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hmm i dunno, he still has a lot of basics that are quite well priced. And quality is amazing. besides id rather go for that than burberry for example.

only real problem with him are his cult